EP2506038B1 - Method, apparatus and system for signal prediction - Google Patents

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EP2506038B1
EP2506038B1 EP12004869.9A EP12004869A EP2506038B1 EP 2506038 B1 EP2506038 B1 EP 2506038B1 EP 12004869 A EP12004869 A EP 12004869A EP 2506038 B1 EP2506038 B1 EP 2506038B1
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  • the present invention relates to reception of signals from known sources, and more specifically to predicting the content of signals received from known sources.
  • NAVSTAR GPS Global Positioning Satellite
  • GLONASS Global Positioning Satellite
  • GPS receivers are currently available for use in aircraft, ships, and ground vehicles and for hand carrying by individuals.
  • the NAVSTAR GPS system provides for thirty-two satellites or 'space vehicles' (SVs) that orbit the earth in six orbital planes (four satellites, plus spares, in each plane). Each SV orbit repeats almost the same ground track each day as the earth turns beneath the SVs of the system.
  • the orbital planes are equally spaced and inclined with respect to the equatorial plane, thus ensuring that a line-of-sight path exists to at least five SVs from any (unobstructed) point on the earth.
  • Ground-based monitor stations measure signals from the SVs and incorporate these measurements into orbital models for each satellite. Orbital data and SV clock corrections are computed for each satellite from these models and uploaded to each SV.
  • the SV then transmits information relating to its position at a data rate of 50 bits per second, via BPSK modulating a direct sequence spread spectrum signal having a chip rate of 1.023 MHz that is modulated onto an RF carrier, with each SV using a different spreading code (also called a Gold code or a coarse acquisition or C/A code).
  • a different spreading code also called a Gold code or a coarse acquisition or C/A code
  • a GPS receiver calculates its position by combining navigation data that indicates the position of the SVs with the delay or phase of the signal received from the SVs (which indicates the distance between the receiver and the SVs). Because of inaccuracies in the receiver's timebase oscillator, signals from at least four SVs are required to resolve a position in three dimensions, although signals from additional SVs (if available) may be used to provide better accuracy.
  • GPS receivers generally require unobstructed, strong signals, which may not be available to a mobile unit. GPS signal detection under unfavorable SNR conditions (for example, inside a building or vehicle where no direct line of sight can be established from the receiver to at least four SVs) is a continuing problem.
  • a matched filter may be used to generate the spreading code and apply it to the received signal in a search for a correlation peak.
  • This method is called coherent integration.
  • Short coherent integration denotes integration over a period of less than one data bit (in the case of a GPS signal, less than 20 milliseconds), while long coherent integration denotes integration over a period of more than one data bit. It may be desirable to apply long coherent integration, as a longer integration period may allow for a higher processing gain.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,118,977 discloses a method where the known GPS navigation data is used in a mobile receiver to generate a local replica of the transmitted signal, which includes representation of the data modulation on the signal. This allows the mobile receiver to correlate the received signal utilizing long coherent integration period without experiencing the output degradation explained above.
  • the method of Pat. No. '977 requires carrying out the processing steps described subsequently in this paragraph.
  • the mobile receiver stores processed data samples of the received signal to a FIFO memory for later off-line processing.
  • An auxiliary system which has unobstructed view of all SVs above the horizon, receives GPS signals at the same time with the mobile receiver and demodulates the transmitted navigation data bits.
  • the auxiliary system conveys the demodulated navigation data bits to the mobile receiver.
  • the mobile receiver off-line processes the stored data samples, utilizing the navigation data bits conveyed to it by the auxiliary system.
  • the memory capacity needed for storing processed data samples in the mobile receiver makes the method of Pat. No. '977 impractical.
  • the required memory capacity is dictated by the data sampling rate, the coherent integration length, the number of SVs and the number of code phase and Doppler hypotheses for which signal search is attempted simultaneously. Note that a typical mobile receiver cannot detect signals from both the SVs and the auxiliary unit at the same time, thus, the required memory capacity cannot be reduced by cyclic operation (i.e. when the same memory cell is reused for storing different segments of the received signal while maintaining coherent integration).
  • EP-A-1 008 862 which relates to a method for estimating a PRN synchronization and Doppler shift of a satellite signal at a reference location within a cell and sector of where a wireless terminal or WAG client is located.
  • the estimates are based on information conveyed by a GPS signal acquired by an auxiliary system or WAG server, which may be at a location different from the wireless terminal or WAG client.
  • the PRN synchronization and Doppler shift estimates are also based on some reference time, which is a time that is sufficiently far into the future to allow the WAG client to demodulate and decode the PRN synchronization and Doppler shift estimates from an assisting message transmitted by the WAG server and to use such estimates to acquire GPS signals, wherein the assisting message indicates the PRN synchronization and Doppler shift estimates.
  • the carrier ambiguity detector includes a buffer for buffering incoming data, a data memory for storing time-tagged expected data, a data pointer for selecting certain expected data corresponding to a GPS-based time that is synchronized to the incoming data, non-inverting and inverting comparators for comparing the buffered data to the expected data, and a data compare detector coupled to the comparators for indicating a non-inverted or an inverted match for a zero degree or a one-hundred eighty degree resolution, respectively, of carrier phase information.
  • a priori knowledge of the data carried by a received signal may be applied to support long coherent integration. If the sequence of binary data symbols in a signal (e.g. the navigation data in a GPS signal) were known, then the problem of performance degradation due to data symbol integration during long coherent integration could be avoided, and better receiver performance could be achieved. Such process will also be called “modulation wipe-off” hereinafter. For example, modulation wipe-off could be applied to GPS data reception by predicting the navigation data.
  • a NAVSTAR GPS (hereinafter 'GPS') data frame comprises 1500 bits transmitted over a period of 30 seconds (i.e., at a rate of 50 bits per second).
  • a GPS data message is transmitted over a block of twenty-five frames (commonly referred to as a "superframe").
  • Each frame within a superframe is divided into five 300-bit subframes. Accordingly, at a rate of 50 bits per second, each subframe has a duration of six seconds.
  • Each subframe is further divided into ten 30-bit words, each word containing 24 bits of data and a 6-bit code string (commonly a cyclic redundancy code (CRC) checksum).
  • the GPS CRC algorithm may be expressed as follows:
  • Each bit of a GPS subframe (including the bits of the CRC checksum) is also parity covered before transmission by XORing it with a specified one of the last two bits of the checksum of the previous word (as transmitted) as follows:
  • GPS error-detecting and parity covering operations outlined above may be expressed in other forms (for example, they may be combined into a single operation producing an equivalent result, as described in section 2.5.2 of the GPS Standard document cited above and diagrams referenced therein).
  • each GPS subframe comprises in sequence a string (called a telemetry or 'TLM' word), a handover word, and eight message words.
  • the handover word (or “HOW") comprises in sequence a seventeen-bit timestamp called a time-of-week (or "TOW") value, two flag bits, a three-bit subframe identification (or 'SFID') code indicating the position of the subframe within the frame, two parity control bits, and the six-bit checksum.
  • the parity control bits i.e. bits 23 and 24 of the HOW
  • the parity covering operation described above will not alter the first and third words of a GPS subframe.
  • this effect may be applied to prevent data errors from propagating beyond subframe boundaries (e.g. by forcing the last two bits of a subframe to have values of zero).
  • each subframe of a GPS frame may indicate transmitter status or system status.
  • the message words of the first three subframes of each GPS data frame (which comprise the transmitter status group) contain orbital and clock data for the transmitting SV.
  • Subframe 1 contains clock corrections and health information relating to the transmitting SV
  • subframes two and three contain precise orbital data sets (also called 'ephemeris data') for the transmitting SV.
  • the message data of subframes 1-3 is called the "ephemeris data set.”
  • the SV-specific ephemeris data set repeats at every frame.
  • Subframes four and five comprise the system status group, and the message words of these subframes contain almanac and other data that is common to all of the satellites.
  • the system-wide almanac data set repeats only every superframe (i.e. every twenty-five frames or 125 subframes). Therefore, a complete data message is transmitted by a SV every 12.5 minutes.
  • FIGURE 4 shows a flow chart for a method for predicting data according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • data is received (e.g. navigation data is received from a SV).
  • “future” data e.g. data to be received in the future
  • the predicted future data is stored.
  • FIGURE 5 shows a method for predicting data according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • a GPS superframe is received.
  • the received superframe is stored to a buffer (hereinafter called a 'prediction buffer') as a prediction of a superframe to be transmitted by the SV at a later time, and typically as a prediction of the next superframe).
  • a buffer hereinafter called a 'prediction buffer'
  • the predicted future data (i.e., the previously received superframe) is stored in a prediction buffer.
  • Task P310 may occur contemporaneously with task P110 such that at least a portion of the predicted data will be available before the entire superframe has been received.
  • FIGURE 6 shows one example of the operation of a prediction buffer suitable for use with a method as shown in FIGURE 4 or 5 .
  • the prediction buffer of this example may be implemented as a circular queue (also called a "ring buffer").
  • the buffer has a capacity of two GPS superframes (i.e. 250 subframes, or 25 minutes of navigation data).
  • the predicted data bits are written to the buffer at locations as indicated by a write pointer, which traverses the buffer in one direction only. Once the buffer has been filled, further writing operations will overwrite the data previously stored at the written locations.
  • the write pointer may indicate an effective time that is 12.5 minutes (i.e. one GPS superframe) in advance of to, where t 0 is defined as the time at which the observed data (corresponding to the predicted data being written) was received.
  • predicted data may be supplied for any part of a time window that spans from to to 25 minutes (i.e. two GPS superframes) past to. This twenty-five-minute window may be arbitrarily extended (or reduced) by a simple change in buffer size. Depending on the specifications of a particular implementation, it may be desirable to write the received data to the buffer and/or retrieve predicted data from the buffer in units of 8-bit bytes, navigation message words or subframes, or blocks of a different size.
  • an array of buffers may be maintained for a limited number of SVs (e.g. only for a subset of the SVs that are currently visible).
  • a prediction buffer comprising an array of 32 individual buffers may be maintained as shown in FIGURE 7B , with each individual buffer being dedicated to a particular one of the GPS SVs and indexed according to the SV identification (ID) number (expressed in FIGURE7B as a binary number from 00000 to 11111).
  • ID SV identification
  • any particular predicted data subframe in the buffer array may be identified by specifying the ID number of the transmitting SV to select the relevant buffer and a subframe index number (e.g. the desired TOW value mod 250, for a 250-subframe buffer as shown in FIGURE 6 ) to select the subframe within the buffer.
  • FIGURE 8A shows a block diagram of an apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Predicting entity 10 receives data (e.g. as outputted by a receiver) and performs a method for data prediction as described herein.
  • a prediction buffer (e.g. prediction buffer 20) includes a storage element that may be configured as described above with reference to FIGURES 6 , 7A , and/or 7B.
  • a prediction buffer may comprise one or more semiconductor memory devices [e.g. dynamic or static random-access memory (RAM)], ferroelectric memory devices, and/or optical storage devices.
  • RAM dynamic or static random-access memory
  • Such a device may be fabricated as a dedicated chip or package, or such a device may be integrated into a chip or package that includes one or more other elements of the apparatus and/or of an appliance that incorporates such an apparatus.
  • the prediction buffer is coupled to a predicting entity via one or more buses that may carry control, data, and/or address signals.
  • a prediction buffer may have a dual-port or other mechanism to allow simultaneous storage and retrieval of data.
  • a storage element of a prediction buffer may also store other data of the apparatus and/or of an appliance that incorporates such an apparatus. In such a case, the prediction buffer need not reside in a fixed part of a storage element, and an area of the storage element may be used at one time to store prediction data and at another time to store other data.
  • a storage element of a prediction buffer may be accessible by devices other than the predicting entity.
  • a predicting entity may include a processing unit having one or more microprocessors, digital signal processors, and/or other arrays of logic elements. Such an array may be fabricated as a dedicated chip or package, or such an array may be integrated into a chip or package that includes one or more other elements of the apparatus and/or of an appliance that incorporates such an apparatus.
  • a predicting entity may include an embedded processor and/or a processor core fabricated into an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • a predicting entity performs a method as described herein (and possibly other functions) by executing instructions (in sequence and/or in parallel) according to one or more programs or routines that may be hardwired or stored in read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM) such as erasable or electrically erasable PROM (EPROM or EEPROM, respectively), RAM, or nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) such as flash memory.
  • ROM read-only memory
  • PROM programmable ROM
  • EPROM or EEPROM electrically erasable PROM
  • NVRAM nonvolatile RAM
  • at least a part of the instructions and/or associated values may be stored in a storage element of the prediction buffer.
  • a predicting entity may receive all or part of its instructions from one or more other devices or appliances (e.g. over a network connection that may be wired and/or wireless).
  • a predicting entity may also execute instructions relating to other functions of the apparatus and/or of an appliance that incorporates such an apparatus. Instead of or addition to such instructions, a predicting entity may also perform a method as described herein in response to signals (e.g. interrupt requests) received from other devices within or outside of the apparatus and/or from other programs or routines executing on the processing unit.
  • signals e.g. interrupt requests
  • FIGURE 8B shows a block diagram of an apparatus 110 according to an alternate embodiment of the invention that includes a signal receiver 30 that receives a transmitted signal and outputs data to predicting entity 12, which calculates and stores predicted data to prediction buffer 21.
  • FIGURE 8C shows a block diagram of an implementation 110a of apparatus 110 that includes a GPS receiver 32. Receiver 32 receives a signal transmitted by a SV and outputs GPS navigation data to predicting entity 14, which calculates and stores predicted data to prediction buffer 22 as described herein.
  • each individual prediction buffer comprises four-byte (i.e. 32-bit) cells containing predicted data and additional information.
  • each cell may have a valid flag, which is set to show that the cell contains a valid prediction.
  • all valid flags are reset. After a SV comes into view, received data becomes available and the valid bits are set as predictions are stored. Thereafter, valid flags may be reset in accordance with events that may affect prediction reliability, or no resetting may be performed.
  • a valid flag of more than one bit may be used to indicate differing degrees of reliability.
  • Each 32-bit cell may contain a 30-bit navigation word and a one-bit valid flag.
  • the ten navigation words may be stored as a 300-bit subframe with one or more valid flags.
  • the data of each navigation word may be stored as 24 data bits (i.e. without checksum calculation and/or without parity covering), or the data of each ten-word subframe may be stored as 240 bits or 30 bytes.
  • the storage length of a predicted subframe may be further reduced by omitting other redundant information such as the parity control bits and/or other bits of the data message that may easily be regenerated. In the latter cases, checksum calculation, parity covering, and/or calculation of other redundant information may be performed at some point while or after the data is retrieved from the buffer (for example, in response to a prediction request as described below).
  • portions of the received data may change from one superframe to the next. For example, at least some portions of a GPS navigation data message will change from one superframe to the next. Because of the checksum and parity covering operations, a change to only one bit may corrupt a significant portion of the remainder of a GPS subframe.
  • One portion of a GPS message that changes at every subframe is the timestamp that appears as the first 17 bits of the HOW (i.e. the TOW value).
  • the TOW value indicates the GPS time of the next subframe transition.
  • Each unit in the TOW value indicates a period of six seconds (i.e. one GPS subframe), and the TOW value is incremented by exactly one unit from one subframe to the next.
  • the timestamps (and therefore the HOWs) in GPS subframes as predicted by the method of FIGURE 5 will be incorrect.
  • the last two bits of the HOW are defined to have values of zero,it may be desirable to suppress propagation of HOW errors into GPS subframes 3-10 by forcing these bits to zero (i.e. before referencing them in checksum or parity covering operations for the next subframe).
  • the HOW may also be skipped or discarded during the prediction, or the interval for which prediction is requested may be adjusted (with appropriate notification to the requestor) so that the predicted data retrieved from the prediction buffer does not include a HOW.
  • a unit applying the predicted data may ignore the predicted HOW.
  • FIGURE 9A a method according to an alternate embodiment of the invention is presented.
  • a data message is received in task P105, and task P205 updates one or more timestamps in the message.
  • Task P215 generates new error-detecting codes that may reflect a change in the message as a result of the newtimestamps, and task P315 stores the predicted message to a prediction buffer.
  • FIGURE 9B shows a flowchart for an implementation of a method as shown in FIGURE 9A .
  • task P210 the TOW of each received subframe is incremented by 125.
  • task P220 the checksum for each words of each subframe is regenerated, the parity control bits 23 and 24 of words two and ten are calculated, and all bits are parity covered as described above. Alternatively, only the checksum of word 2 and the parity control bits 23 and 24 of word 2 may be regenerated.
  • One or more among tasks P210, P220, and P320 may contemporaneously with task P110 such that at least a portion of the predicted data may be processed and/or available before the entire superframe has been received.
  • tasks P210 and P220 may be performed after the received data is stored to the prediction buffer, with the appropriate valid bits being reset until these tasks are completed. Assuming perfect signal reception and no data updates, a completely accurate prediction may be expected.
  • a fixed string e.g. the GPS TLM word
  • the GPS TLM word includes a constant 8-bit preamble for synchronization and, in most cases, the TLM word is the same over all GPS subframes for a period of one week.
  • a SV will transmit a subframe in which the regular TLM word is replaced by an irregular one (e.g. a TLM word that contains a classified system message). While the occurrence of an irregular TLM word is largely unpredictable, the appearance of irregular TLM words in consecutive subframes is highly unlikely.
  • the number of TLM word prediction errors can be reduced by about 50%.
  • FIGURE 10 shows a flowchart for a particular implementation of a method as described above.
  • a portion of a data message e.g. a GPS subframe
  • a fixed string of the portion is tested.
  • the fixed string may be a TLM word in a GPS data message, or a synchronization and/or training sequence (e.g. for channel estimation) in another data message.
  • the result of such a test may be used for correcting the string in the prediction or, alternatively, flagging the error (e.g. by issuing a warning signal or resetting the valid flag for the affected predicted data block).
  • the predicted data is stored to a prediction buffer (e.g. as indexed by the SV ID and TOW).
  • FIGURE 11 shows one implementationP212a of task P212 that performs GPS TLM word testing, along with an implementation of a task P770 that performs TLM correction.
  • the received TLM word is checked to see if it is different from the last TLM word received. If the same TLM word has been received twice consecutively, then it is stored (e.g. to a microprocessor register or other memory location) as the regular TLM word in task P564.
  • the received TLM is stored in memory as the last received TLM word.
  • the regular TLM is substituted for the received TLM in the predicted data.
  • the first is an update to the ephemeris data, which occurs once every two hours and starts exactly at the GPS hour boundary.
  • Ephemeris updates leave the almanac data unchanged, and because the complete ephemeris data set has a length of only 3 subframes, each two-hour period will include only 18 seconds during which the ephemeris prediction is likely to be erroneous. Even within this span of three subframes, limited prediction can still be performed because the first two words of each of the three missing GPS subframes can be predicted: the TLM word is most likely unchanged and the flag bits of the HOW are also unchanged, while the remainder of the HOW may be generated from past received data and the GPS time.
  • FIGURE 12 shows a method according to a further embodiment of the invention in which predictions for much of a GPS data message may be available after only 30 seconds.
  • words 3-10 of subframes 1-3 are received (any other data received may be processed or ignored).
  • the words 3-10 are stored to the prediction buffer as predictions of the corresponding words in the following frame.
  • the parity encoding and CRC operations on words 3-10 do not depend on the contents of words 1 and 2.
  • the TLM word (word 1) may also be included in the prediction if desired, as it is expected to change only infrequently.
  • FIGURE 13 shows a method in which the techniques described above are applied to obtain predicted data for an entire subframe after only 30 seconds (subframes 1-3 only).
  • the TOW of the subframe received in task P130 is updated to correspond to the next frame (i.e. its value is incremented by 5).
  • the parity check bits are recalculated based on the other bits of the predicted future data, the checksum is regenerated, and covering is performed as described above with respect to task P220.
  • the predicted subframe is stored to the prediction buffer at a location corresponding to the same subframe of the following frame.
  • a method as shown in FIGURE 13 may be used to predict up to 60% of the bits of a GPS data message after only a 30-second delay. If an operation that applies the predicted data can be synchronized to be active only during subframes 1-3 of each received frame, then the prediction may be 100% efficient. In such a case, it is assumed that the receiver applying the predicted data is or may be synchronized to GPS time (within the initial 30 seconds of operation if necessary).
  • Methods of FIGURES 12 and 13 may be modified to allow duplicate prediction.
  • the ephemeris data is copied not only to the next frame in the prediction buffer but to one or more other frames as well. Under normal operation, such an operation might be redundant.
  • duplicate prediction can help to reduce or avoid the effect of the data loss.
  • predicted data may be forwarded to other predictors (e.g. across a local-area network) to alleviate the effects of localized SV invisibilities.
  • the frame and subframe numbers are reset.
  • changes in the week change correction when the TOW approaches its maximum value, we know that a week change follows. That is, when the predicted TOW indicates a week change, the TOW value is corrected and the week number in word 3 of subframe 1 is incremented. Since at the week boundary both the frame and subframe numbers are reset, the index in the prediction buffer is adjusted accordingly. It should be noted that while the total number of subframes in a week (100,800) is an integer multiple of 5, it is not an integer multiple of 125. Thus, at week boundaries, there will be a jump in the frame index sequence.
  • bit prediction algorithm The operation of the bit prediction algorithm is as follows. First, a current subframe from a GPS signal is received and is stored in a buffer. Next, a next corresponding subframe is predicted using the methods described above. The predicted subframe is saved and the process ends.
  • a process is performed to determine whether a subframe prediction is feasible, which takes a few milliseconds, or the user has to wait for the next subframe, which takes 6 seconds.
  • a subframe from an SV is received.
  • the process determines whether bit 30 of word 2 is zero, and if the bit 30 of word 2 is zero, then the subframe is stored in a buffer. If the bit 30 of word 2 is not zero, then all the bits in the received subframe are inverted and stored in the buffer.
  • the process determines whether the subframe header is valid. The preamble is tested and the CRC is checked. If the subframe header is not valid, then the process will exit and wait for the next subframe, which takes 6 seconds. If the subframe header is valid, then the process checks to see if the CRC is valid for all 10 words. Again, if the CRC for all 10 words is not valid, then the process will exit and wait for the next subframe.
  • the process determines whether there is a valid prediction for this subframe. If there is no valid prediction for this subframe, then the process will perform subframe prediction. If there is a valid prediction for the subframe, then the process will determine whether the received and predicted TOW match. If the received and predicted TOW do not match, then the process will perform the subframe prediction. If the received and predicted TOW do match, then the process will go to the next step which is to determine whether there is a perfect match between the received and predicted subframes. If there is no perfect match, then the process will determine the errorcode and log the error. If there is a perfect match between the received and the predicted subframes, then the process will perform the subframe prediction.
  • the process determines whether the subframe is an almanac subframe, and if it is not, then the process will perform the subframe prediction. If the process determines that the subframe is an almanac subframe, then the process will perform the almanac update. After the almanac update is done, the process will perform the subframe prediction.
  • the subframe prediction task will now be described.
  • the value of the TOW as received is saved.
  • the process determines whether the subframe was an almanac subframe. If the received subframe is an almanac subframe, then the loop increment value is set to 125. If the received subframe is not an almanac subframe, then the loop increment value is set to 5. The TOW is incremented by the loop increment value. Calculation and storage of the predicted subframe is performed.
  • a process determines the correct TOW for a week change. The process determines whether the TOW is less than the number of seconds in a week. If the TOW is not less than the number of seconds in a week, then the process reduces the TOW modulo to the number of seconds in a week and increments the WIN by 1. The process will discard the TLM and use the regular TLM instead.
  • the process generates the CRC for the subframe.
  • the process then performs an XOR scrambling operation, stores the predicted subframe at the appropriate position in the prediction buffer (e.g. as indicated by the TOW), and sets a valid flag.
  • the almanac update will now be explained.
  • the process starts the almanac update.
  • the process extracts the page ID.
  • the process determines if either the page ID is 51 or if it is a valid SV ID, then the process will extract the old and new TOWs, and store the TOWs for the SV in a buffer. If the page ID is neither 51 nor is it a valid SV, then the process will pull the old and new TOWs from the buffer.
  • the process proceeds to determine whether the old TOW and the last almanac update time are the same.
  • the process will reset the almanac update table as shown; if the old TOW and the last almanac update time are not the same, then the process will determine whether the new TOW and the last almanac time are the same.
  • the process will exit and end the almanac update process as shown. If new TOW and the last almanac update time are the same, then the process will determine whether the page ID is a valid SV ID, a dummy SV ID or if it is 51, 55 or 56 as shown. If the page ID is not a valid SV ID, a dummy SV ID or 51, 55 or 56, then the process ends as shown. If the page ID is a valid SV ID, a dummy SV ID or 51, 55 or 56, then the process will determine whether the subframe is valid in the almanac update table.
  • the process will store the subframe in the almanac update table, set a valid flag for this subframe and ends the almanac update process and begins the subframe prediction process. If the process determines that the subframe is valid in the almanac update table, then the process will pull all valid subframes from the almanac update table and substitute words 2-10 in the predicted subframes for this SV and proceed to do the subframe prediction.
  • the experimental data shows about a 0.5% error rate. The difference is due to unpredictable irregular system messages contained in the reserved data fields, for example, classified data.
  • bit prediction error rate could be estimated as one-half of the subframe error rate. This would seem reasonable if it is assumed that the bits are changed with 50% probability. This assumption, however, is invalid for two reasons. First, in an update, often only a few less significant bits are changed in the navigation data. This results in a reduced bit error rate. Second, when a word prediction is erroneous, then with 50% probability, bit 30 of the CRC will be changed, which will invert all data bits in the following word. Overall, the second effect prevails, which gives a bit error rate slightly above one-half of the subframe error rate. This is in good match with the experimental data.
  • bit prediction always start at subframe boundaries. This is because the second and tenth words in every subframe contain bits 23 and 24, which are determined in such a way that bits 29 and 30 of the second and tenth words are always zeros. The data sequence that follows then can be perfectly predicted.
  • a portion of the predicted data is provided to a requestor.
  • the requestor may be a GPS receiver (e.g. a mobile unit), and the predicted data may be used to support a long coherent integration period.
  • the predicting entity may push predicted data to another entity instead of (or in addition to) responding to a request for data.
  • predictions for word 2 of each subframe may be ignored (e.g. by the mobile unit applying the predictions) in order to avoid the TOW inaccuracy described above.
  • a method according to an embodiment of the invention may be applied to support position location upon request in mobile receivers.
  • the prediction method can be implemented fully at a central site, which has access to the unobstructed satellite signals, or at the receiver side, in which case the central site only sends a minimal set of information that enables the receiver to perform the navigation data prediction.
  • the prediction start time and duration may be adjusted on demand, according to the terms of the requestor's query. In this manner, the overhead that would be incurred in transmitting more of the navigation data than the requestor needs is avoided.
  • a position determining entity may include an apparatus that performs a method of prediction as described herein.
  • a base station may include a PDE (which may receive GPS data from or may itself include a GPS receiver).
  • a base station including a PDE may receive GPS data from a reference GPS receiver which receives and forwards the data to more than one base station.
  • a PDE may be located apart from the base station.
  • a base station controller (BSC) or mobile services controller (MSC) may include the PDE rather than the base station, and such a PDE may support prediction capabilities for more than one base station.
  • the elements of a PDE may be found in more than one location. Note that in a system that already uses GPS signals for synchronization purposes (e.g., a CDMA cellular telephone system), it may even be possible to incorporate one or more PDEs into the existing structure.
  • Data from a single GPS receiver may be used to support prediction over a wide geographical area.
  • One practical limit to the size of such an area may be keeping the set of visible SVs substantially constant over the area. If the receiver cannot see all of the SVs visible to a particular mobile unit, for example, it may not be able to supply the prediction data needed by the mobile unit to perform modulation wipeoff.
  • GPS data received by receivers in different locations may be combined to provide appropriate prediction data to mobile units over a wider geographical area.
  • a PDE need not be constrained by geography in the same manner, and that it is possible for a single PDE to support a method of prediction as described herein over an arbitrarily large area.
  • the effective distance between a PDE and an entity receiving the predicted data may be limited by the delay between the transmission of the prediction data and its reception (also called 'latency').
  • predictions may be supplied sufficiently in advance to counteract such effects of latency.
  • a requesting entity e.g. a mobile unit sends a query to a PDE that comprises a request for a string of predicted data (a 'prediction string').
  • a PDE that comprises a request for a string of predicted data (a 'prediction string').
  • the request may indicate the starting and ending times of a GPS data period for which a corresponding prediction string is desired.
  • the request may indicate the starting time and duration of a GPS data period for which a corresponding prediction string is desired.
  • the starting time and/or duration of a GPS data period for which a corresponding prediction string is desired may be inferred (e.g. according to a predetermined relation) from a time at which the query is transmitted by the requestor or received by the PDE.
  • a PDE may send a prediction string to one or more entities without having received an explicit corresponding request.
  • a prediction string that corresponds to a GPS data period having a predetermined length and/or starting time may be broadcast by a PDE at predetermined intervals.
  • transmission of a series of prediction strings according to a predetermined schedule may be initiated at least in part by a requesting entity such as a mobile unit.
  • initiation of the transmission of a prediction string may be determined or influenced at least in part by an event such as a registration event (e.g. upon power up of a mobile unit, movement of a mobile unit between service areas, etc.).
  • the characteristics of the corresponding GPS data period may be determined or influenced at least in part by environmental conditions (e.g. the service rates currently in effect (peak or off-peak), the quality of the signal received from an SV, etc.).
  • a requesting entity such as a mobile unit includes a local GPS receiver.
  • Information received by the local GPS receiver may be stored for offline processing.
  • the mobile unit may send a request for a historical string (i.e. a string of GPS data that was received by a PDE in the past) as opposed to a prediction string.
  • a historical string i.e. a string of GPS data that was received by a PDE in the past
  • this reduction may be offset by increased storage requirements at the requesting entity for the information received by the local GPS receiver.
  • a requesting entity such as a mobile unit includes a local GPS receiver.
  • Almanac information received by the local GPS receiver from a visible SV is stored in an almanac table.
  • Information from the almanac table is then used to support modulation wipeoff on GPS signals received by the local GPS receiver from SVs that are less visible. In this manner, an accurate position and/or time determination may be obtained even though only a limited number of satellites may be visible. Note that such an apparatus may be used even without a PDE.
  • a transmission link between a PDE and a requesting entity need not be wireless.
  • a PDE may include a server connected to the Internet, and a requesting entity may comprise any device connected to the Internet that may request (e.g. via a HTTP connection) and/or apply a prediction and/or historical string as described herein.
  • a prediction and/or historical string is transmitted over a connection that conforms to at least a portion of one or more versions of the BluetoothTM specification.
  • the PDE may send a prediction string on its own initiative.
  • a mobile unit may collect and log GPS signals on its own. These signals may be stored for processing offline. In order to perform modulation wipe-off, the mobile will need to obtain GPS data from the past. Note that no prediction is required in this case. However, this variation may be less likely to be implemented because of the increased storage requirements it imposes on the mobile unit. (Using past data for past/present/future modulation wipe-off).
  • the almanac data received from the visible satellite(s) may be used to predict the data received from the less visible satellite(s).
  • the data may be received by the mobile unit instead of a reference receiver, and the mobile unit may be a stand-alone unit that does not require a PDE.
  • the central site When the receiver has to service frequent satellite measurement requests, then the communication overhead will be reduced if instead of sending the navigation bit prediction every time, the central site only sends the minimal amount of information that enables the receiver to perform the bit prediction. For example, the preamble, week number (WIN), TOW, subframe ID (SFID) and CRC are unnecessary to be communicated because they can be easily regenerated at the receiver if a local clock is available. A significant part of the rest of the navigation data has to be conveyed to the receiver anyway when autonomous receiver mode is to be supported.
  • an object of a mobile unit is to measure the GPS signal phase.
  • the mobile unit there is no direct way for the mobile unit to measure a signal phase. This is because for each possible phase delay, the mobile unit must test to see whether a correlation signal is there.
  • the mobile unit thus may ask for a prediction at some point in the future. Usually, a start time of 10 seconds in the future is typical. It should be noted that the mobile unit only asks for a sequence of predicted bits when it needs it, for example, when the mobile unit has been requested to provide its position.
  • the request by the mobile unit contains two elements, a time at which to begin the prediction in the future, and duration of the prediction.
  • the length of the duration is tied to the integration period.
  • thirty phase hypotheses is provided, and the integration period is greater than 20 milliseconds. This results in a long coherent integration requiring modulation wipe-off.
  • the central site When the receiver does a cold start, then the central site sends over all data fields, omitting the redundant parts mentioned above.
  • the receiver stores this data in memory.
  • the central site also keeps an up-to-date copy of the data that it sent to the receiver.
  • the receiver can extract the ephemeris, almanac and SV health data from the received information if it works in autonomous operating mode.
  • the bit prediction can be carried out at the receiver using the data stored in its memory. If there were no navigation data updates, then no further communication between the central site and the receiver would be necessary to sustain continuous bit prediction.
  • the central site only sends the difference (bit-wise XOR) between the new data and the stored data to the receiver.
  • the difference is transmitted using run-length coding, to further reduce the communication overhead.
  • the receiver then updates its version of the navigation data.
  • the central site does the same, so that it always has a precise copy of the navigation data memory content of the receiver.
  • the receiver periodically sends checksums for all words or subframes. If there is a mismatch, then the data contents of the words or subframes in question will be retransmitted from the central site to the receiver.
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